bombastic

comparative more bombastic · superlative most bombastic · alternative archaic bombastical · alternative obsolete bombastick · alternative obsolete bumbastic · alternative obsolete bumbastical

1. their language or writingshowy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

   Dorsett came up the stairs, buggy whip in hand. He bustled into the office in his usual self‐important way. Frank noticed that the old clerk sat down on him promptly. He was not one bit impressed with the bombastic visitor from Greenville.

   1907, Allen Chapman, Bound to Succeed

   Synonyms: circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rigmarole, sesquipedalian · Antonyms: brief, concise, crisp, laconic, lapidary, short-winded, succinct, tight

2. High‐sounding but with little meaning.

   Synonyms: rhetorical

3. colloquialLoud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
4. archaicInflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms: inflated, turgid